Because Toronto’s more movie obsessed than a Quentin Tarantino screenplay (yuk yuk), Torontoist brings you Now on Screen, a weekly roundup of new releases and rep cinema showings. Click on any film title for our review.     Indie GameDIRECTED BY LISANNE PAJOT and JAMES SWIRSKY Showtimes     Where Do We Go Now?DIRECTED BY [...]

360 Screenings Secret Location Friday, May 25 $60 You could call it a screen-age dream: to be able to touch, breathe, and interact with the world of one of your favourite movies. For instance, to feel the earth shudder at the approach of a brontosaurus in Jurassic Park. To request a song from Sam in [...]

Because Toronto’s more movie obsessed than a Quentin Tarantino screenplay (yuk yuk), Torontoist brings you Now on Screen, a weekly roundup of new releases and rep cinema showings. Click on any film title for our review.     BATTLESHIPDIRECTED BY PETER BERG Showtimes     DAMSELS IN DISTRESSThe Royal (608 College Street) Showtimes     [...]

Inside Out LGBT Film Festival TIFF Bell Lightbox (350 King Street West) May 17–27, various times Single tickets $6–$10 LGBT-positive Torontonians had two causes for celebration on Thursday: following the mayor’s belated-but-welcome gesture of support, the evening also marked the beginning of the 2012 edition of the Inside Out Festival. Running through May 27 at [...]

Toronto’s extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn’t always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. Sometimes [...]

Because Toronto’s more movie obsessed than a Quentin Tarantino screenplay (yuk yuk), Torontoist brings you Now on Screen, a weekly roundup of the best in rep cinema and new releases. Click on any film title for our review.     La HaineDIRECTED BY MATHIEU KASSOVITZTIFF Bell Lightbox (350 King Street West)Saturday, 12:30 p.m.     [...]

Fat Kid Rules the World TIFF Bell Lightbox (350 King St. W.) May 12, 8:30 p.m. $8.50–$12 When actor Matthew Lillard (Scream, Hackers) first read KL Going’s young adult novel Fat Kid Rules The World, he had an emotional reaction to the story and decided it would make for a perfect first foray into directing. [...]

When the Cumberland Four Cinemas closed down for good on Sunday with very little fanfare and almost no warning (apparently to make way for an upscale coffee retailer) it seemed an ignominious end for a multiplex that has served Yorkville for more than three decades. Some have tried to eulogize the place, but none so [...]

For those wondering when the organization behind Toronto’s biggest film festival would fill the void for cinematically inclined youngsters maybe not quite ready for the newest David Cronenberg offering, look no further. From May 10 to 12, TIFF hosts the inaugural edition of the Next Wave Film Festival, which targets those aged 14 to 18. [...]

The Cumberland Four Cinemas, which closed permanently on Sunday after more than 30 years in Yorkville, will soon be replaced by a Nespresso boutique, according to a real estate agent who handled the changeover in tenants. Jordan Karp, vice president of retail advisory services for Paracom Realty Corporation, said that his company helped the owner [...]

With Detropia (), from Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing, Hot Docs schedulers have saved one of the fest’s best for last. Fresh from an award-winning world premiere at Sundance, the Jesus Camp co-directors’ latest makes its international debut this evening (5:45 p.m. at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema) in its one and only Hot Docs [...]

Hot Docs 2012 may be winding down, but it’s by no means cooling off, and the festival’s closing weekend will feature a host of first-rate selections. Topping our recommendation round-up today is Sundance award-winner The Queen of Versailles (, 8:45 p.m. The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema), an extraordinary look at the lifestyle of one rich [...]